Rep. Emmer: Tim Walz Mining Ban Boosts China, Kills Jobs

Rep. Emmer: Tim Walz Mining Ban Boosts China, Kills Jobs

Internewscast Journal Internewscast House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) sharply criticized Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s… This Post: Rep. Emmer: Tim Walz Mining Ban Boosts China, Kills Jobs first appeared on Internewscast Journal

Tom Emmer says Walz mining order hands China a strategic advantage and guts Iron Range union jobs

Minnesota’s outgoing governor signed an executive order blocking copper-nickel mining near the Boundary Waters just months after Congress and President Trump repealed the federal ban, and the state’s top House Republican says the move is pure spite. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer tore into Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday for issuing Executive Order 26-10, which...

I’m a rural Democrat. Here’s why I disagree with Walz’s executive order on mining.

As a lawmaker representing all sides of the mining divide, I believe we should trust our state’s rigorous review process to yield the correct path forward.